Carrier profile · USDOT 2533966 · MC-880891 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Highlander Transportation Inc

115 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 34 statesDES PLAINES, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-880891 ACTIVE
Verified linkshighlandertrans.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 17.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 162 vehicle and 316 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

17.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 10.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

317 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 22

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 115-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
115
Inspections · 24 mo
322
Annualized
≈161 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving100 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 26 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
13False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 16 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20258138
2024110011
20231001
20225015
20212112
20202002
20191001
20182012
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 31, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 22, 2025IL01Yes
Dec 22, 2025NV01Yes
Nov 3, 2025AZ00Yes
Jun 5, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 6, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 4, 2025CA21Yes
Jan 11, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 14, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 18, 2024NE00Yes
Nov 13, 2024NM00Yes
Oct 16, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 6, 2024AZ00Yes
Jul 1, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 10, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 26, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 17, 2024NM00Yes
Feb 15, 2024WI00Yes
May 1, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 26, 2022AZ00Yes
Nov 16, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 4, 2022CA01Yes